NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL NEW ENGLAND 38 DALLAS 27 9:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR NWE BALL ON NWE 35 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL FG NWE STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 22 YD NEW ENGLAND 41 DALLAS 27 3:59 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL NEW ENGLAND 41 DALLAS 27 3:54 LEFT, 4TH QTR DAL BALL ON DAL 19 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL NEW ENGLAND 41 DALLAS 27 3:45 LEFT, 4TH QTR NWE BALL ON DAL 21 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF NEW ENGLAND 41 DALLAS 27 NWE BALL ON DAL 9 YD LINE 1ST AND GOAL</div>
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL TD NWE KYLE ECKEL 1 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK) NEW ENGLAND 48 DALLAS 27 0:19 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ENGLAND 14 7 10 17 48 DALLAS 0 17 7 3 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 7:12. Drive: 14 plays, 74 yards in 5:29. Key plays: T Brady 16-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-10 to New England 42; T Brady 11-yard pass to Stallworth on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 40; T Brady 20-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 6. NEW ENGLAND 7-0 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 35 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 12:46. Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Brady 28-yard pass to Watson on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 38. NEW ENGLAND 14-0 2ND QUARTER: DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 38 YD, 2:29. Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards in 4:43. Key plays: Barber 13-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 38; Barber 3-yard run plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Patriots' Warren to New England 39; Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New England 26; Romo 11-yard pass to Crayton to New England 20. NEW ENGLAND 14-3 DAL - TD, JASON HATCHER 29 YD FUMBLE RETURN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 4:35. NEW ENGLAND 14-10 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 12 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 11:26. Drive: 12 plays, 72 yards in 6:51. Key plays: T Brady 17-yard pass to Stallworth to New England 35; 5-yard offsides penalty on Cowboys' Bowen on 3rd-and-3 to New England 40; T Brady 15-yard pass to Stallworth to Dallas 42; T Brady 18-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 24; T Brady 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Dallas 12. NEW ENGLAND 21-10 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 12 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 14:14. Drive: 8 plays, 84 yards in 2:48. Key plays: Romo 26-yard pass to Fasano to Dallas 42; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Dallas 47; Romo 25-yard pass Witten on 3rd-and-5 to New England 28; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to New England 17; Romo 10-yard pass to Crayton to New England 12. NEW ENGLAND 21-17 3RD QUARTER: DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 8 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK), 4:40. Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 3:36. Key plays: Jones 25-yard run to New England 41; Jones 18-yard run to New England 23; Romo 9-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-4 to New England 8. DALLAS 24-21 NWE - TD, KYLE BRADY 1 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 10:04. Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 5:24. Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to New England 37; T Brady 10-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 44; T Brady 10-yard pass to Gaffney on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 29; T Brady 10-yard pass to Stallworth to Dallas 19; 15-yard pass interference penalty on Cowboys' Newman to Dallas 1. NEW ENGLAND 28-24 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 45 YD, 12:46. Drive: 4 plays, 16 yards in 1:32. Key plays: 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Cowboys' Hatcher to Dallas 28. NEW ENGLAND 31-24 4TH QUARTER: NWE - TD, DONTE' STALLWORTH 69 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 2:39. Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 2:13. Key plays: T Brady 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New England 31. NEW ENGLAND 38-24 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 23 YD, 4:57. Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards in 2:18. Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New England 10. NEW ENGLAND 38-27 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 22 YD, 11:01. Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards in 6:04. Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 43; T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 15. NEW ENGLAND 41-27 NWE - TD, KYLE ECKEL 1 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 14:41. NEW ENGLAND 48-27 ATT: 63,984</div>
By John Tranchina PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- With the glare of the spotlights attheir brightest, Tom Brady once again came through with one ofhis best performances. In a matchup pitting two undefeated clubs against each other -just the fifth time in NFL history that had happened throughfive games - Brady completed 30-of-45 passes for 377 yards and acareer-high five touchdowns to lead the New England Patriots toa 48-27 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The game was also a battle of the NFL's two most prolificoffenses, but only New England (6-0) fully flexed its potentattack, surpassing its season average of 36.4 points. The Patriots have scored at least 34 points in each of theirfirst six games, tying an NFL record set by the St. Louis Ramsin 2000. Brady also set a league mark by becoming the first quarterbackto throw at least three TD passes in the first six games of theseason. Dallas quarterback Tony Romo rebounded from a career-worstfive-interception performance last Monday night in Buffalo topass for 199 yards (18-of-29) with two touchdowns and oneinterception. Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens, who has been underconsiderable scrutiny after posting just five catches over thelast two games, also bounced back to record six receptions for ateam-high 66 yards. For the Patriots, Dante Stallworth hauled in seven passes for136 yards, including a clinching 69-yard touchdown early in thefourth quarter that gave New England a 38-24 advantage. Wes Welker added career highs with 11 receptions for 124 yardsand two touchdowns. Welker entered the contest with one careerTD reception and doubled that total in the first half, helpingstake New England to an early 14-0 advantage. With Patriots starting running back Laurence Maroney sitting outwith a groin injury and his replacement, Sammy Morris, goingout with a chest injury late in the second quarter, the NewEngland running game gained just 75 yards. But with Brady turning in another vintage performance, thatdidn't really matter. New England holding a 21-10 lead late in the second quarter,Romo engineered a late drive that resulted in a 12-yardtouchdown pass to Owens with 46 seconds remaining, sendingDallas into halftime down by 21-17. After the Dallas defense held the Patriots to a three-and-outpossession to start the third quarter, the Cowboys marcheddownfield to score 4:40 into the second half when Romo threw an8-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Crayton, giving Dallas theirfirst lead, 21-17. The Patriots came right back on their next possession and tookthe lead for good as Brady connected with tight end Kyle Bradyfor a 1-yard score. The key play on that drive was Dallassafety Patrick Watkins getting called for pass interference onRandy Moss in the end zone in a collision that appeared to beincidental. That moved the ball from what would have been a 3rd-and-7situation from the 16 to a Patriots first down on the 1. New England extended the lead to 31-24 with 2:14 to go in thethird on Stephen Gostkowski's 45-yard field goal. The Patriotsinitially thought they had a touchdown earlier on that drivewhen Brady connected with Moss for what was alled a 43-yardtouchdown, but the call was overturned on a challenge. The video review showed Moss dropped the ball after he landedout of bounds. Moss had six catches for 59 yards and a TD. Brady's 69-yard bomb to Stallworth made it 38-24 and, after NickFolk's second field goal of the game brought Dallas within38-27, the Patriots ate up the clock with another long drivelate that led to Gostkowski's 22-yard field goal that put thegame away. The Cowboys' season-long penchant for starting slow continuedagain, and this time came back to haunt them. While Dallas wentthree-and-out in each of its first three possessions, gaining atotal of seven yards, the Patriots scored on two of their firstthree. Brady hit Moss for a 6-yard TD pass 7:48 into the contest for a7-0 lead and connected with Wes Welker for a 35-yard scoringstrike late in the quarter to give New England a 14-0 leadheading into the second. Those were the first touchdowns allowed by the Dallas defense inthree games. The Cowboys chipped away at the deficit with their firstpronounced drive early in the second quarter, a possession thatended with Folk's 38-yard field goal. Then, with the Patriots driving downfield again, Greg Ellissacked Brady and punched the ball loose at the same time, andJason Hatcher scooped up the bouncing ball and raced 29 yardsuntouched into the end zone for his first career touchdown. The Patriots increased the lead to 21-10 with 3:34 left in thefirst half with another Brady-to-Welker touchdown pass, this onefor 12 yards, which followed a successful 4th-and-1 situationon the Dallas 15-yard-line that Brady took himself. Cowboys' cornerback Anthony Henry, who still leads the NFL withfour interceptions, sat out his second straight game with a highankle sprain.
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ENGLAND 14 7 10 17 48 DALLAS 0 17 7 3 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 7:12 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 14 plays, 74 yards in 5:29. Key plays: T Brady 16-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-10 to New England 42; T Brady 11-yard pass to Stallworth on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 40; T Brady 20-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 6. NEW ENGLAND 7-0. 12:46 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 35 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Brady 28-yard pass to Watson on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 38. NEW ENGLAND 14-0. 2ND QUARTER: 2:29 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 38 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards in 4:43. Key plays: Barber 13-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 38; Barber 3-yard run plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Patriots' Warren to New England 39; Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New England 26; Romo 11-yard pass to Crayton to New England 20. NEW ENGLAND 14-3. 4:35 DAL - TD, JASON HATCHER 29 YD FUMBLE RETURN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). NEW ENGLAND 14-10. 11:26 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 12 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 72 yards in 6:51. Key plays: T Brady 17-yard pass to Stallworth to New England 35; 5-yard offsides penalty on Cowboys' Bowen on 3rd-and-3 to New England 40; T Brady 15-yard pass to Stallworth to Dallas 42; T Brady 18-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 24; T Brady 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Dallas 12. NEW ENGLAND 21-10. 14:14 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 12 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 84 yards in 2:48. Key plays: Romo 26-yard pass to Fasano to Dallas 42; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Dallas 47; Romo 25-yard pass Witten on 3rd-and-5 to New England 28; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to New England 17; Romo 10-yard pass to Crayton to New England 12. NEW ENGLAND 21-17. 3RD QUARTER: 4:40 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 8 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 3:36. Key plays: Jones 25-yard run to New England 41; Jones 18-yard run to New England 23; Romo 9-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-4 to New England 8. DALLAS 24-21. 10:04 NWE - TD, KYLE BRADY 1 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 5:24. Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to New England 37; T Brady 10-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 44; T Brady 10-yard pass to Gaffney on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 29; T Brady 10-yard pass to Stallworth to Dallas 19; 15-yard pass interference penalty on Cowboys' Newman to Dallas 1. NEW ENGLAND 28-24. 12:46 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 45 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 16 yards in 1:32. Key plays: 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Cowboys' Hatcher to Dallas 28. NEW ENGLAND 31-24. 4TH QUARTER: 2:39 NWE - TD, DONTE' STALLWORTH 69 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 2:13. Key plays: T Brady 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New England 31. NEW ENGLAND 38-24. 4:57 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 23 YD. Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards in 2:18. Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New England 10. NEW ENGLAND 38-27. 11:01 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 22 YD. Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards in 6:04. Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 43; T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 15. NEW ENGLAND 41-27. 14:41 NWE - TD, KYLE ECKEL 1 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 20 yards in 3:26. Key plays: Seau 5-yard interception return to Dallas 20; T Brady 11-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 9. NEW ENGLAND 48-27. NEW ENGLAND - DALLAS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ENGLAND DALLAS FIRST DOWNS 28 13 Rushing 5 4 Passing 19 8 Penalty 4 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 11-17-65% 4-11-36% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 448 283 Total offensive plays 78 46 Average gain per play 5.7 6.2 NET YARDS RUSHING 75 97 Rushing attempts 29 15 Average gain per rush 2.6 6.5 Tackles for loss-yards 2-2 1-1 NET YARDS PASSING 373 186 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-15 2-13 Gross passing yards 388 199 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 46-31-0 29-18-1 Avg gain per pass play 7.6 6.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 9-6-2 6-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-41.5 5-53.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 23.0 53.8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 42 0 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-37 0-0 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-145 7-177 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-5 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-50 12-98 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 6 3 Rushing 1 0 Passing 5 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 1 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 6-6 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 6-6 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-5-80% 2-3-67% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 3-4-75% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 38:15 21:45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ENGLAND DALLAS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K FAULK 13 50 3.8 9 0 J JONES 6 51 8.5 25 0 S MORRIS 10 14 1.4 3 0 M BARBER I 8 47 5.9 17 0 K ECKEL 3 6 2.0 4 1 T ROMO 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 T BRADY 3 5 1.7 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T BRADY 31-46-388 0 5 69 T ROMO 18-29-199 1 2 26 Sacked-Yards Lost: T BRADY 3-15. Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W WELKER 11 124 11.3 35 2 T OWENS 6 66 11.0 13 1 D STALLWOR 7 136 19.4 69 1 P CRAYTON 5 46 9.2 11 1 R MOSS 6 59 9.8 14 1 J WITTEN 3 47 15.7 25 0 K FAULK 3 24 8.0 18 0 M BARBER I 2 12 6.0 7 0 J GAFFNEY 2 16 8.0 10 0 A FASANO 1 26 26.0 26 0 B WATSON 1 28 28.0 28 0 J JONES 1 2 2.0 2 0 K BRADY 1 1 1.0 1 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J SEAU 1 5 5.0 5 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C HANSON 2 83 41.5 0 1 49 M MCBRIAR 5 269 53.8 1 0 63 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W WELKER 3 37 12.3 18 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- E HOBBS 4 90 22.5 26 0 T THOMPSON 6 167 27.8 72 0 W WELKER 2 55 27.5 30 0 D ANDERSON 1 10 10.0 10 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GOSTKOWS 6/6 2/2 N FOLK 3/3 2/2 Dist.: 45 22 Dist.: 38 23 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ W WELKER 2 0 0 1-0 G ELLIS 0 0 1 0-0 T BRADY 1 1 0 0-0 N JONES 0 0 1 0-0 T NEWMAN 0 0 1 0-0 J HATCHER 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T BRUSCHI 6 3 3 0-0 D WARE 10 6 4 1-5 E HOBBS 5 5 0 0-0 T NEWMAN 9 8 1 0-0 E WILSON 3 3 0 0-0 B JAMES 8 4 4 0-0 J SANDERS 3 3 0 0-0 N JONES 6 5 1 1-2 V WILFORK 3 2 1 0-0 K HAMLIN 6 2 4 0-0 R HARRISON 2 2 0 1-11 J REEVES 5 5 0 0-0 T WARREN 2 2 0 1-2 C CANTY 4 3 1 0-0 A SAMUEL 2 2 0 0-0 M SPEARS 4 3 1 0-0 M VRABEL 1 1 0 0-0 R WILLIAMS 4 3 1 0-0 A THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0 A AYODELE 4 2 2 0-0 R GAY 1 1 0 0-0 G ELLIS 1 1 0 1-8 J GREEN 1 0 1 0-0 K BURNETT 1 1 0 0-0 M WRIGHT 1 0 1 0-0 A SPENCER 1 1 0 0-0 S BOWEN 1 1 0 0-0 J ROGERS 1 1 0 0-0 P WATKINS 1 1 0 0-0 J HATCHER 1 0 1 0-0 Att: 63,984</div>
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ENGLAND 14 7 10 17 48 DALLAS 0 17 7 3 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 7:12 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 14 plays, 74 yards in 5:29. Key plays: T Brady 16-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-10 to New England 42; T Brady 11-yard pass to Stallworth on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 40; T Brady 20-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 6. NEW ENGLAND 7-0. 12:46 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 35 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Brady 28-yard pass to Watson on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 38. NEW ENGLAND 14-0. 2ND QUARTER: 2:29 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 38 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards in 4:43. Key plays: Barber 13-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 38; Barber 3-yard run plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Patriots' Warren to New England 39; Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New England 26; Romo 11-yard pass to Crayton to New England 20. NEW ENGLAND 14-3. 4:35 DAL - TD, JASON HATCHER 29 YD FUMBLE RETURN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). NEW ENGLAND 14-10. 11:26 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 12 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 72 yards in 6:51. Key plays: T Brady 17-yard pass to Stallworth to New England 35; 5-yard offsides penalty on Cowboys' Bowen on 3rd-and-3 to New England 40; T Brady 15-yard pass to Stallworth to Dallas 42; T Brady 18-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 24; T Brady 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Dallas 12. NEW ENGLAND 21-10. 14:14 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 12 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 84 yards in 2:48. Key plays: Romo 26-yard pass to Fasano to Dallas 42; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Dallas 47; Romo 25-yard pass Witten on 3rd-and-5 to New England 28; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to New England 17; Romo 10-yard pass to Crayton to New England 12. NEW ENGLAND 21-17. 3RD QUARTER: 4:40 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 8 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 3:36. Key plays: Jones 25-yard run to New England 41; Jones 18-yard run to New England 23; Romo 9-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-4 to New England 8. DALLAS 24-21. 10:04 NWE - TD, KYLE BRADY 1 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 5:24. Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to New England 37; T Brady 10-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 44; T Brady 10-yard pass to Gaffney on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 29; T Brady 10-yard pass to Stallworth to Dallas 19; 15-yard pass interference penalty on Cowboys' Newman to Dallas 1. NEW ENGLAND 28-24. 12:46 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 45 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 16 yards in 1:32. Key plays: 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Cowboys' Hatcher to Dallas 28. NEW ENGLAND 31-24. 4TH QUARTER: 2:39 NWE - TD, DONTE' STALLWORTH 69 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 2:13. Key plays: T Brady 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New England 31. NEW ENGLAND 38-24. 4:57 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 23 YD. Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards in 2:18. Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New England 10. NEW ENGLAND 38-27. 11:01 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 22 YD. Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards in 6:04. Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 43; T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 15. NEW ENGLAND 41-27. 14:41 NWE - TD, KYLE ECKEL 1 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 20 yards in 3:26. Key plays: Seau 5-yard interception return to Dallas 20; T Brady 11-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 9. NEW ENGLAND 48-27. NEW ENGLAND - DALLAS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ENGLAND DALLAS FIRST DOWNS 28 13 Rushing 5 4 Passing 19 8 Penalty 4 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 11-17-65% 4-11-36% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 448 283 Total offensive plays 78 46 Average gain per play 5.7 6.2 NET YARDS RUSHING 75 97 Rushing attempts 29 15 Average gain per rush 2.6 6.5 Tackles for loss-yards 2-2 1-1 NET YARDS PASSING 373 186 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-15 2-13 Gross passing yards 388 199 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 46-31-0 29-18-1 Avg gain per pass play 7.6 6.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 9-6-2 6-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-41.5 5-53.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 23.0 53.8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 42 0 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-37 0-0 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-145 7-177 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-5 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-50 12-98 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 6 3 Rushing 1 0 Passing 5 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 1 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 6-6 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 6-6 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-5-80% 2-3-67% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 3-4-75% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 38:15 21:45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ENGLAND DALLAS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K FAULK 13 50 3.8 9 0 J JONES 6 51 8.5 25 0 S MORRIS 10 14 1.4 3 0 M BARBER I 8 47 5.9 17 0 K ECKEL 3 6 2.0 4 1 T ROMO 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 T BRADY 3 5 1.7 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T BRADY 31-46-388 0 5 69 T ROMO 18-29-199 1 2 26 Sacked-Yards Lost: T BRADY 3-15. Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W WELKER 11 124 11.3 35 2 T OWENS 6 66 11.0 13 1 D STALLWOR 7 136 19.4 69 1 P CRAYTON 5 46 9.2 11 1 R MOSS 6 59 9.8 14 1 J WITTEN 3 47 15.7 25 0 K FAULK 3 24 8.0 18 0 M BARBER I 2 12 6.0 7 0 J GAFFNEY 2 16 8.0 10 0 A FASANO 1 26 26.0 26 0 B WATSON 1 28 28.0 28 0 J JONES 1 2 2.0 2 0 K BRADY 1 1 1.0 1 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J SEAU 1 5 5.0 5 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C HANSON 2 83 41.5 0 1 49 M MCBRIAR 5 269 53.8 1 0 63 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W WELKER 3 37 12.3 18 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- E HOBBS 4 90 22.5 26 0 T THOMPSON 6 167 27.8 72 0 W WELKER 2 55 27.5 30 0 D ANDERSON 1 10 10.0 10 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GOSTKOWS 6/6 2/2 N FOLK 3/3 2/2 Dist.: 45 22 Dist.: 38 23 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ W WELKER 2 0 0 1-0 G ELLIS 0 0 1 0-0 T BRADY 1 1 0 0-0 N JONES 0 0 1 0-0 T NEWMAN 0 0 1 0-0 J HATCHER 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T BRUSCHI 6 3 3 0-0 D WARE 10 6 4 1-5 E HOBBS 5 5 0 0-0 T NEWMAN 9 8 1 0-0 E WILSON 3 3 0 0-0 B JAMES 8 4 4 0-0 J SANDERS 3 3 0 0-0 N JONES 6 5 1 1-2 V WILFORK 3 2 1 0-0 K HAMLIN 6 2 4 0-0 R HARRISON 2 2 0 1-11 J REEVES 5 5 0 0-0 T WARREN 2 2 0 1-2 C CANTY 4 3 1 0-0 A SAMUEL 2 2 0 0-0 M SPEARS 4 3 1 0-0 M VRABEL 1 1 0 0-0 R WILLIAMS 4 3 1 0-0 A THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0 A AYODELE 4 2 2 0-0 R GAY 1 1 0 0-0 G ELLIS 1 1 0 1-8 J GREEN 1 0 1 0-0 K BURNETT 1 1 0 0-0 M WRIGHT 1 0 1 0-0 A SPENCER 1 1 0 0-0 S BOWEN 1 1 0 0-0 J ROGERS 1 1 0 0-0 P WATKINS 1 1 0 0-0 J HATCHER 1 0 1 0-0 Att: 63,984</div>
By John Tranchina PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer IRVING, Texas (Ticker) - With the glare of the spotlights attheir brightest, Tom Brady once again came through with one ofhis best performances. In a matchup pitting two undefeated clubs against each other -just the fifth time in NFL history that had happened throughfive games - Brady completed 30-of-45 passes for 377 yards and acareer-high five touchdowns to lead the New England Patriots toa 48-27 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The game was also a battle of the NFL's two most prolificoffenses, but only New England (6-0) fully flexed its potentattack, surpassing its season average of 36.4 points. "They showed why they're one of the better teams in football,"Dallas linebacker Greg Ellis said. "We had a lot of mistakes,but you've got to give them credit, obviously. They tookadvantage of a lot of things and made a lot of plays. We justdidn't perform the way we needed to perform today." The Patriots have scored at least 34 points in each of theirfirst six games, tying an NFL record set by the St. Louis Ramsin 2000. Brady also set a league mark by becoming the first quarterbackto throw at least three TD passes in the first six games of theseason. "We really made the plays when we needed to," Brady said. "Downfour in the third quarter, we responded and made some greatplays. It was a great team win." Dallas quarterback Tony Romo rebounded from a career-worstfive-interception performance last Monday night in Buffalo topass for 199 yards (18-of-29) with two touchdowns and oneinterception. "It's difficult sometimes when you know you have to put pointson the board," Romo said. "I found myself with that last yearwhen we were always playing from behind, but that's part of itsometimes and sometimes what you have to do to win the game." For the Patriots, Dante Stallworth hauled in seven passes for136 yards, including a clinching 69-yard touchdown early in thefourth quarter that gave New England a 38-24 advantage. Wes Welker added career highs with 11 receptions for 124 yardsand two touchdowns. Welker entered the contest with one careerTD reception and doubled that total in the first half, helpingstake New England to an early 14-0 advantage. "As far as the feel of the game and being able to make someplays in critical situations, it's definitely (one of my bestgames)," Welker said. "I had the ball in my hands a lot, atleast a lot more than I usually do. I feel like when I was inthere, I was able to make some plays." Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens, who has been underconsiderable scrutiny after posting just five catches over thelast two games, also bounced back to record six receptions for ateam-high 66 yards. "There were some opportunities, with the excitement and givingme the ability to go out there and play with this group ofguys," Owens said. "We know we are better than what we showedtoday. There was some opportunities for us and we didn't makethe most of it. We need to eliminate some of the penalties." With Patriots starting running back Laurence Maroney sitting outwith a groin injury and his replacement, Sammy Morris, goingout with a chest injury late in the second quarter, the NewEngland running game gained just 75 yards. But with Brady turning in another vintage performance, thatdidn't really matter. "As a defense, you hope that you can get an offenseone-dimensional because you think it helps you on your side ofthe ball, but I think that's what they do," said Cowboysdefensive end Marcus Spears. "I think they would abandon therun anyway. You've got those guys spread out, receivers weremaking plays, Brady was making throws. We just gave them toomuch." Another key for the Patriots was the fact that they converted on11-of-17 third downs, including 7-for-9 in the first half. "They killed us on third down the whole game," Cowboys coachWade Phillips said. "We tried about everything we could do,almost every coverage and blitz. They seem to just have theright answer for everything, and that's certainly thequarterback. He does a great job distributing the ball to a lotof different people." With New England holding a 21-10 lead late in the secondquarter, Romo engineered a late drive that resulted in a 12-yardtouchdown pass to Owens with 46 seconds remaining, sendingDallas into halftime down by 21-17. After the Dallas defense held the Patriots to a three-and-outpossession to start the third quarter, the Cowboys marcheddownfield to score 4:40 into the second half when Romo threw an8-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Crayton, giving Dallas theirfirst lead, 21-17. The Patriots came right back on their next possession and tookthe lead for good as Brady connected with tight end Kyle Bradyfor a 1-yard score. "That was a big drive to bounce back after they took the lead,no doubt," New England coach Bill Belichick said. "They had alot of momentum coming at the end of the second quarter and intothe third after they stopped us and got back on the board." The key play on that drive was Dallas safety Patrick Watkinsgetting called for pass interference on Randy Moss in the endzone in a collision that appeared to be incidental. That moved the ball from what would have been a 3rd-and-7situation from the 16 to a Patriots first down on the 1. "We went ahead and I thought we had them stopped there, and thenwe got interference and they got it on the one, those kind ofmistakes hurt us," Phillips said. "We made too many mistakes inthe ballgame. There were some penalties that really hurt us." New England extended the lead to 31-24 with 2:14 to go in thethird on Stephen Gostkowski's 45-yard field goal. The Patriotsinitially thought they had a touchdown earlier on that drivewhen Brady connected with Moss for what was called a 43-yardtouchdown, but it was overturned on a challenge. The video review showed Moss dropped the ball after he landedout of bounds. Moss had six catches for 59 yards and a TD. Brady's 69-yard bomb to Stallworth made it 38-24 and, after NickFolk's second field goal of the game brought Dallas within38-27, the Patriots ate up the clock with another long drivelate that led to Gostkowski's 22-yard field goal. With just under four minutes remaining and trailing by twotouchdowns, Romo was hit as he threw and was intercepted byJunior Seau, effectively killing any comeback hopes. "There was pressure on Tony and I knew that the ball was goingto be released early, and hopefully erratically and the ball wasjust coming into my lap," Seau said of his third pick of theseason and 18th of his career. "If I didn't put my hands up, itwould have hit me dead in my thigh. It was definitely a greatplay by Rodney Harrison, putting pressure on the quarterback,and allowing me to obviously grab it." The Patriots then tacked on another touchdown as rookie KyleEckel scored on a 1-yard run. Overall in the fourth quarter, Dallas gained a total of 17 yardsand was outscored, 17-3. "With them coming up on us in the third quarter, and beingbehind," said New England linebacker Tedy Bruschi, "it wassomething that we really had to buckle down and see how thathappened, look at pictures, make adjustments on the sidelinesand go back out there and try to get a couple of three-and-outs- and we did that." The Cowboys' season-long penchant for starting slow continuedagain, and this time came back to haunt them. While Dallas wentthree-and-out in each of its first three possessions, gaining atotal of seven yards, the Patriots scored on two of their firstthree. Brady hit Moss for a 6-yard TD pass 7:48 into the contest for a7-0 lead and connected with Wes Welker for a 35-yard scoringstrike late in the quarter to give New England a 14-0 leadheading into the second. Those were the first touchdowns allowed by the Dallas defense inthree games. "I think early in the game, we just didn't execute and that'skind of been our Achilles' heel this season," said Dallas tightend Jason Witten, who caught three passes for 47 yards."Offensively, it's just taken us a little while to get going,and unfortunately, against a good team like that, you can'tafford to do that and it hurt us." The Cowboys chipped away at the deficit with their firstpronounced drive early in the second quarter, a possession thatended with Folk's 38-yard field goal. Then, with the Patriots driving downfield again, Greg Ellissacked Brady and punched the ball loose at the same time, andJason Hatcher scooped up the bouncing ball and raced 29 yardsuntouched into the end zone for his first career touchdown. "The defense had a big play with the fumble recovery and took itto the house, and just like that, it is a different ballgame,"Romo said. The Patriots increased the lead to 21-10 with 3:34 left in thefirst half with another Brady-to-Welker touchdown pass, this onefor 12 yards, which followed a successful 4th-and-1 situationon the Dallas 15-yard-line that Brady took himself. Cowboys' cornerback Anthony Henry, who still leads the NFL withfour interceptions, sat out his second straight game with a highankle sprain.
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL NEW ENGLAND AT DALLAS NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT RUSHING ATTEMPTS AND YARDS FOR ECKEL AND FAULK.</div>
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ENGLAND 14 7 10 17 48 DALLAS 0 17 7 3 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 7:12 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 14 plays, 74 yards in 5:29. Key plays: T Brady 16-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-10 to New England 42; T Brady 11-yard pass to Stallworth on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 40; T Brady 20-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 6. NEW ENGLAND 7-0. 12:46 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 35 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Brady 28-yard pass to Watson on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 38. NEW ENGLAND 14-0. 2ND QUARTER: 2:29 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 38 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards in 4:43. Key plays: Barber 13-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 38; Barber 3-yard run plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Patriots' Warren to New England 39; Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New England 26; Romo 11-yard pass to Crayton to New England 20. NEW ENGLAND 14-3. 4:35 DAL - TD, JASON HATCHER 29 YD FUMBLE RETURN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). NEW ENGLAND 14-10. 11:26 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 12 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 72 yards in 6:51. Key plays: T Brady 17-yard pass to Stallworth to New England 35; 5-yard offsides penalty on Cowboys' Bowen on 3rd-and-3 to New England 40; T Brady 15-yard pass to Stallworth to Dallas 42; T Brady 18-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 24; T Brady 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Dallas 12. NEW ENGLAND 21-10. 14:14 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 12 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 84 yards in 2:48. Key plays: Romo 26-yard pass to Fasano to Dallas 42; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Dallas 47; Romo 25-yard pass Witten on 3rd-and-5 to New England 28; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to New England 17; Romo 10-yard pass to Crayton to New England 12. NEW ENGLAND 21-17. 3RD QUARTER: 4:40 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 8 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 3:36. Key plays: Jones 25-yard run to New England 41; Jones 18-yard run to New England 23; Romo 9-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-4 to New England 8. DALLAS 24-21. 10:04 NWE - TD, KYLE BRADY 1 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 5:24. Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to New England 37; T Brady 10-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 44; T Brady 10-yard pass to Gaffney on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 29; T Brady 10-yard pass to Stallworth to Dallas 19; 15-yard pass interference penalty on Cowboys' Newman to Dallas 1. NEW ENGLAND 28-24. 12:46 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 45 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 16 yards in 1:32. Key plays: 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Cowboys' Hatcher to Dallas 28. NEW ENGLAND 31-24. 4TH QUARTER: 2:39 NWE - TD, DONTE' STALLWORTH 69 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 2:13. Key plays: T Brady 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New England 31. NEW ENGLAND 38-24. 4:57 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 23 YD. Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards in 2:18. Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New England 10. NEW ENGLAND 38-27. 11:01 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 22 YD. Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards in 6:04. Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 43; T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 15. NEW ENGLAND 41-27. 14:41 NWE - TD, KYLE ECKEL 1 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 20 yards in 3:26. Key plays: Seau 5-yard interception return to Dallas 20; T Brady 11-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 9. NEW ENGLAND 48-27. NEW ENGLAND - DALLAS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ENGLAND DALLAS FIRST DOWNS 28 13 Rushing 5 4 Passing 19 8 Penalty 4 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 11-17-65% 4-11-36% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 448 283 Total offensive plays 78 46 Average gain per play 5.7 6.2 NET YARDS RUSHING 75 97 Rushing attempts 29 15 Average gain per rush 2.6 6.5 Tackles for loss-yards 2-2 1-1 NET YARDS PASSING 373 186 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-15 2-13 Gross passing yards 388 199 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 46-31-0 29-18-1 Avg gain per pass play 7.6 6.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 9-6-2 6-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-41.5 5-53.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 23.0 53.8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 42 0 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-37 0-0 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-145 7-177 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-5 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-50 12-98 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 6 3 Rushing 1 0 Passing 5 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 1 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 6-6 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 6-6 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-5-80% 2-3-67% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 3-4-75% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 38:15 21:45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ENGLAND DALLAS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K FAULK 12 47 3.9 9 0 J JONES 6 51 8.5 25 0 S MORRIS 10 14 1.4 3 0 M BARBER III 8 47 5.9 17 0 K ECKEL 4 9 2.3 4 1 T ROMO 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 T BRADY 3 5 1.7 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T BRADY 31-46-388 0 5 69 T ROMO 18-29-199 1 2 26 Sacked-Yards Lost: T BRADY 3-15. Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W WELKER 11 124 11.3 35 2 T OWENS 6 66 11.0 13 1 D STALLWORTH 7 136 19.4 69 1 P CRAYTON 5 46 9.2 11 1 R MOSS 6 59 9.8 14 1 J WITTEN 3 47 15.7 25 0 K FAULK 3 24 8.0 18 0 M BARBER III 2 12 6.0 7 0 J GAFFNEY 2 16 8.0 10 0 A FASANO 1 26 26.0 26 0 B WATSON 1 28 28.0 28 0 J JONES 1 2 2.0 2 0 K BRADY 1 1 1.0 1 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J SEAU 1 5 5.0 5 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C HANSON 2 83 41.5 0 1 49 M MCBRIAR 5 269 53.8 1 0 63 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W WELKER 3 37 12.3 18 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- E HOBBS 4 90 22.5 26 0 T THOMPSON 6 167 27.8 72 0 W WELKER 2 55 27.5 30 0 D ANDERSON 1 10 10.0 10 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GOSTKOWSKI 6/6 2/2 N FOLK 3/3 2/2 Dist.: 45 22 Dist.: 38 23 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ W WELKER 2 0 0 1-0 G ELLIS 0 0 1 0-0 T BRADY 1 1 0 0-0 N JONES 0 0 1 0-0 T NEWMAN 0 0 1 0-0 J HATCHER 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T BRUSCHI 6 3 3 0-0 D WARE 10 6 4 1-5 E HOBBS 5 5 0 0-0 T NEWMAN 9 8 1 0-0 E WILSON 3 3 0 0-0 B JAMES 8 4 4 0-0 J SANDERS 3 3 0 0-0 N JONES 6 5 1 1-2 V WILFORK 3 2 1 0-0 K HAMLIN 6 2 4 0-0 R HARRISON 2 2 0 1-11 J REEVES 5 5 0 0-0 T WARREN 2 2 0 1-2 C CANTY 4 3 1 0-0 A SAMUEL 2 2 0 0-0 M SPEARS 4 3 1 0-0 M VRABEL 1 1 0 0-0 R WILLIAMS 4 3 1 0-0 A THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0 A AYODELE 4 2 2 0-0 R GAY 1 1 0 0-0 G ELLIS 1 1 0 1-8 J GREEN 1 0 1 0-0 K BURNETT 1 1 0 0-0 M WRIGHT 1 0 1 0-0 A SPENCER 1 1 0 0-0 S BOWEN 1 1 0 0-0 J ROGERS 1 1 0 0-0 P WATKINS 1 1 0 0-0 J HATCHER 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Mike Carey, Umpire-Dan Ferrell, Head Linesman-Kent Payne, Line Judge-Mark Perlman, Field Judge-Buddy Horton, Side Judge-Tom Fincken, Back Judge-Bill Schmitz. Att: 63,984</div>
NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW ENGLAND 14 7 10 17 48 DALLAS 0 17 7 3 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 7:12 NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 14 plays, 74 yards in 5:29. Key plays: T Brady 16-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-10 to New England 42; T Brady 11-yard pass to Stallworth on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 40; T Brady 20-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 6. NEW ENGLAND 7-0. 12:46 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 35 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 69 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Brady 28-yard pass to Watson on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 38. NEW ENGLAND 14-0. 2ND QUARTER: 2:29 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 38 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards in 4:43. Key plays: Barber 13-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 38; Barber 3-yard run plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Patriots' Warren to New England 39; Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New England 26; Romo 11-yard pass to Crayton to New England 20. NEW ENGLAND 14-3. 4:35 DAL - TD, JASON HATCHER 29 YD FUMBLE RETURN (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). NEW ENGLAND 14-10. 11:26 NWE - TD, WES WELKER 12 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 72 yards in 6:51. Key plays: T Brady 17-yard pass to Stallworth to New England 35; 5-yard offsides penalty on Cowboys' Bowen on 3rd-and-3 to New England 40; T Brady 15-yard pass to Stallworth to Dallas 42; T Brady 18-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 24; T Brady 3-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Dallas 12. NEW ENGLAND 21-10. 14:14 DAL - TD, TERRELL OWENS 12 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 84 yards in 2:48. Key plays: Romo 26-yard pass to Fasano to Dallas 42; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to Dallas 47; Romo 25-yard pass Witten on 3rd-and-5 to New England 28; Romo 11-yard pass to Witten to New England 17; Romo 10-yard pass to Crayton to New England 12. NEW ENGLAND 21-17. 3RD QUARTER: 4:40 DAL - TD, PATRICK CRAYTON 8 YD PASS FROM TONY ROMO (NICHOLAS FOLK KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards in 3:36. Key plays: Jones 25-yard run to New England 41; Jones 18-yard run to New England 23; Romo 9-yard pass to Crayton on 3rd-and-4 to New England 8. DALLAS 24-21. 10:04 NWE - TD, KYLE BRADY 1 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 5:24. Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to New England 37; T Brady 10-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 44; T Brady 10-yard pass to Gaffney on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 29; T Brady 10-yard pass to Stallworth to Dallas 19; 15-yard pass interference penalty on Cowboys' Newman to Dallas 1. NEW ENGLAND 28-24. 12:46 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 45 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 16 yards in 1:32. Key plays: 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Cowboys' Hatcher to Dallas 28. NEW ENGLAND 31-24. 4TH QUARTER: 2:39 NWE - TD, DONTE' STALLWORTH 69 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 2:13. Key plays: T Brady 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New England 31. NEW ENGLAND 38-24. 4:57 DAL - FG, NICHOLAS FOLK 23 YD. Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards in 2:18. Key plays: Romo 13-yard pass to Owens to New England 10. NEW ENGLAND 38-27. 11:01 NWE - FG, STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 22 YD. Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards in 6:04. Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 43; T Brady 14-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 15. NEW ENGLAND 41-27. 14:41 NWE - TD, KYLE ECKEL 1 YD RUN (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 20 yards in 3:26. Key plays: Seau 5-yard interception return to Dallas 20; T Brady 11-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 9. NEW ENGLAND 48-27. NEW ENGLAND - DALLAS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NEW ENGLAND DALLAS FIRST DOWNS 28 13 Rushing 5 4 Passing 19 8 Penalty 4 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 11-17-65% 4-11-36% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 448 285 Total offensive plays 78 47 Average gain per play 5.7 6.1 NET YARDS RUSHING 75 99 Rushing attempts 29 16 Average gain per rush 2.6 6.2 Tackles for loss-yards 2-2 1-1 NET YARDS PASSING 373 186 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-15 2-13 Gross passing yards 388 199 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 46-31-0 29-18-1 Avg gain per pass play 7.6 6.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 9-6-2 6-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-41.5 5-53.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 23.0 53.8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 42 0 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-37 0-0 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-145 7-177 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-5 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-50 12-100 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 6 3 Rushing 1 0 Passing 5 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 1 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 6-6 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 6-6 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 4-5-80% 2-3-67% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 3-4-75% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 38:15 21:45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NEW ENGLAND DALLAS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K FAULK 12 47 3.9 9 0 J JONES 6 51 8.5 25 0 S MORRIS 10 14 1.4 3 0 M BARBER III 9 49 5.4 17 0 K ECKEL 4 9 2.3 4 1 T ROMO 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 T BRADY 3 5 1.7 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T BRADY 31-46-388 0 5 69 T ROMO 18-29-199 1 2 26 Sacked-Yards Lost: T BRADY 3-15. Sacked-Yards Lost: T ROMO 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W WELKER 11 124 11.3 35 2 T OWENS 6 66 11.0 13 1 D STALLWORTH 7 136 19.4 69 1 P CRAYTON 5 46 9.2 11 1 R MOSS 6 59 9.8 14 1 J WITTEN 3 47 15.7 25 0 K FAULK 3 24 8.0 18 0 M BARBER III 2 12 6.0 7 0 J GAFFNEY 2 16 8.0 10 0 A FASANO 1 26 26.0 26 0 B WATSON 1 28 28.0 28 0 J JONES 1 2 2.0 2 0 K BRADY 1 1 1.0 1 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J SEAU 1 5 5.0 5 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C HANSON 2 83 41.5 0 1 49 M MCBRIAR 5 269 53.8 1 0 63 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W WELKER 3 37 12.3 18 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- E HOBBS 4 90 22.5 26 0 T THOMPSON 6 167 27.8 72 0 W WELKER 2 55 27.5 30 0 D ANDERSON 1 10 10.0 10 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GOSTKOWSKI 6/6 2/2 N FOLK 3/3 2/2 Dist.: 45 22 Dist.: 38 23 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ W WELKER 2 0 0 1-0 M BARBER III 1 0 0 0-0 T BRADY 1 1 0 0-0 G ELLIS 0 0 1 0-0 N JONES 0 0 1 0-0 T NEWMAN 0 0 1 0-0 J HATCHER 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T BRUSCHI 6 3 3 0-0 D WARE 10 6 4 1-5 E HOBBS 5 5 0 0-0 T NEWMAN 9 8 1 0-0 E WILSON 3 3 0 0-0 B JAMES 8 4 4 0-0 J SANDERS 3 3 0 0-0 N JONES 6 5 1 1-2 V WILFORK 3 2 1 0-0 K HAMLIN 6 2 4 0-0 R HARRISON 2 2 0 1-11 J REEVES 5 5 0 0-0 T WARREN 2 2 0 1-2 C CANTY 4 3 1 0-0 A SAMUEL 2 2 0 0-0 M SPEARS 4 3 1 0-0 M VRABEL 1 1 0 0-0 R WILLIAMS 4 3 1 0-0 A THOMAS 1 1 0 0-0 A AYODELE 4 2 2 0-0 R GAY 1 1 0 0-0 G ELLIS 1 1 0 1-8 J GREEN 1 0 1 0-0 K BURNETT 1 1 0 0-0 M WRIGHT 1 0 1 0-0 A SPENCER 1 1 0 0-0 S BOWEN 1 1 0 0-0 J ROGERS 1 1 0 0-0 P WATKINS 1 1 0 0-0 J HATCHER 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Mike Carey, Umpire-Dan Ferrell, Head Linesman-Kent Payne, Line Judge-Mark Perlman, Field Judge-Buddy Horton, Side Judge-Tom Fincken, Back Judge-Bill Schmitz. 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NFL: NEW ENGLAND at DALLAS <div class="pre">NFL NEW ENGLAND AT DALLAS NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT RUSHING AND FUMBLES FOR BARBER AND PENALTY YARDS FOR DALLAS.</div>
